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Oct 1, 2012
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Oct 15, 2020
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2020-10-15
YouTube Bans QAnon Content Only After Years of Algorithmic Amplification
YouTube · Google · QAnon movement · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2
confirmed
2018-03-10
Zeynep Tufekci Exposes YouTube as "The Great Radicalizer": Recommendation Algorithm Systematically Pushes Users Toward Extremism
Zeynep Tufekci · Guillaume Chaslot · YouTube · Google
confirmed
2017-10-28
First QAnon Post on 4chan's /pol/: Chan Culture's Conspiracy Architecture Produces a Mass Political Movement
Q (anonymous poster)
confirmed
2016-11-19
Richard Spencer's NPI Conference: "Hail Trump, Hail Our People" — The Alt-Right Goes Public
Richard Spencer · National Policy Institute
confirmed
2016-01-01
YouTube Algorithm Optimizes for Watch Time, Systematically Amplifies Extremism
YouTube · Google · Guillaume Chaslot (former YouTube engineer/whistleblower) · Zeynep Tufekci (researcher)
confirmed
2015-10-27
Bannon Launches Breitbart Tech with Milo Yiannopoulos to Capture Gamergate Army: "Rootless White Males"
Steve Bannon · Milo Yiannopoulos · Breitbart News · Robert Mercer · +1
confirmed
2015-06-16
Trump Descends Escalator with "Rapists" Speech: Breitbart Pivots to Full Campaign Organ
Donald Trump · Steve Bannon · Breitbart News
confirmed
2015-06-10
Reddit Bans r/FatPeopleHate and Hate Subreddits: Deplatforming Pushes Users to Voat and 8chan, Accelerating Radicalization
Reddit Inc. · Ellen Pao
confirmed
2012-10-01
Reddit's "Manosphere" Reaches Critical Mass: r/TheRedPill and r/MensRights Become Gateway to White Nationalist Radicalization
Reddit Inc.
confirmed